The Tampa Bay Region is a hotspot for innovative companies in the sciences and services. It’s the 14th largest consumer market in the country and offers a diverse and talented workforce supported by the fastest growing research university in the country- the...

First U.S. Tourism Service Jam to Take Place at Ringling College of Art and Design Initiators of the Global Service Jam and Global Sustainability Jam will lead day-long event, part of 2nd International Service Design + Tourism Conference, to distill new ideas into...

South Florida Region As one of the most densely populated and developed regions of Florida, the Southeast Region offers plenty of businesses advantages – exceptional international connectivity, a large pool of highly skilled and diverse workforce, a cosmopolitan...

Southwest Florida Region Located on the Gulf shores of Florida, the Southwest region is comprised of Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties. Some 600+ technology businesses call this region home, as do many retail, tourism and healthcare industry outfits. Florida Gulf...

East Central Florida Stretching from Central Florida to the Space Coast, the East Central region generates a significant portion of Florida’s technological advances and experienced fast economic growth in the last decade. Home to some of the world’s best and...

With more than 1.5 million residents, the seven-county Northeast Florida region offers a dynamic and growing market for relocating and expanding companies. Home to three Fortune 500 companies and 80 other corporate, regional and divisional headquarters, our region...

Florida’s Great Northwest, a regional economic development organization, serves 16 counties in Northwest Florida from Pensacola through Tallahassee. The organization and its members, county and local economic development groups, workforce development boards, colleges,...

The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship invites all Florida State students to participate in eMonth. Designed to foster a culture of entrepreneurship across campus, eMonth celebrates FSU’s entrepreneurial spirit and provides an introduction to the...

ABOUT COMCAST Comcast is one of the nation’s leading providers of information, communications and entertainment products and services with over 19 million Internet customers, 9.8 million digital voice customers, 22 million video customers and hundreds of thousands...

Small Business Development Centers around the country provide resources through counseling and education for entrepreneurs and business owners. Join the SBDC at USF Channelside for a variety of growth and development topics to help you take your venture to the next...

When I was young, my dad left the corporate world to start his own business. I witnessed the long hours invested in realizing his vision; calling on prospects, taking orders, making deliveries, and paperwork. Real paperwork, you know… pen… paper… carbon paper!...

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP’s entrepreneurial roots trace back to its founding in 1885, through the initial combination of its founding partners, Judge William Worthington and Edward W. Strong. Since that time, Taft has become a preeminent law firm with over...

Growing up in Rhode Island, Steven Fage could typically be found tinkering with all sorts of electronics – from stereos and cameras to computers and cell phones – so it’s no surprise that his first job out of college was programming industrial robots as an engineer at...

Join Orlando Tech Meetup “For Tech Entrepreneurs By Tech Entrepreneurs” We’re so stoked on the November 2013 Orlando Tech Meetup! It’s going to be an awesome night with some really great demo’s of technology that’s been built right...

Kick-off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Sarasota with BarCamp Sarasota-Bradenton and BIG. There has been lots of press lately about this thing called BIG. Although there have been several articles published recently, there still seems to be some confusion about what...

Embracing Entrepreneurs with Understanding and Appreciation Imagine what it would be like to live in a world without choices; a world where everyone wears the same color, where your job is decided for you and where freedom does not exist? Countries exist where...

GrowFL, the program of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute at the University of Central Florida is driven by one goal – to cultivate growth companies across the state. Working with statewide partners, GrowFL is committed to local delivery of services that help...

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